Landlord Jailed

DIGEST

August 22, 1995|Staff Report

FORT LAUDERDALE - — Each family paid $450 a month in rent, but one lived with a rusted-out bathtub. Another lived with no working stove. Others had collapsing ceilings, broken windows and leaking plumbing.

So on Monday, Fort Lauderdale Police arrested and jailed the landlord.

Jeremiah Carter, 46 owner of the Roy Mizell Real Estate Co., was charged with 19 separate housing violations for his eight-unit apartments in the 600 block of Northwest 15th Avenue.

Upon his arrest, police discovered that Carter had already been cited for eight similar violations four years ago and never corrected them, said Officer Marvin Rose of the city's Code Enforcement Team.

Residents were worried they would be forced to move from the apartments, but police allowed them to stay until Carter can correct the problems. Carter will be forced to correct the violations, or he will be arrested again, Rose said.

Carter was being booked into the Broward County Jail on Monday night, but was expected to be released on $425 bail.